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Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag has occurred near Rauco in Chile

Posted by admin on October 28, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -34.8891S, -71.709WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Rauco in Chile. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.28 km (36 miles). The temblor was detected at 04:52:31 / 4:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/10/20 / 2020-10-28 04:52:31 / October 28, 2020 @ 4:52 am. Exact location, longitude -71.709° West, latitude -34.8891° South, depth = 58.28 km. Unique identifier: us7000c6lj. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000c6lj.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 60 km (37 miles) from Talca (c. 197 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Curicó (c. 102 400 pop), 107 km (66 miles) from Linares (c. 69 500 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Rengo (c. 38 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Constitución (c. 37 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Santa Cruz (c. 33 300 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Molina (c. 28 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from San Vicente (c. 22 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Chile (c. 16 746 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Linares, Rengo, Constitución (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 36 km W of Rauco, Chile.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.709° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -34.8891° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.28 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36 km W of Rauco, Chile Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-28 04:52:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-28 05:08:59 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 465 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.218 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 50 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000c6lj Id of event.
Event Code 7000c6lj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000c6lj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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